2 vice ministers from LDP's biggest group quit in escalating scandal

Two parliamentary vice ministers from the largest faction within Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party resigned Wednesday over a political fundraising scandal that has been rattling the country's politics since late last year.The two lawmakers' faction, formerly led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has been at the center of the scandal. Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, was assassinated during an election campaign in July 2022.The Abe faction said in a statement that it provided around 677 million yen ($4.57 million) in total to its members from unreported income over fiv…READ FULL ARTICLE